Center for Evidence Based Treatment Ohio

01/15/2026

Here's the "Official" Announcement - Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol co-authored by Anita Federici, Ph.D. FAED, and CEBT founder Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED is available NOW!

Grounded in clinical experience and research, this book offers a comprehensive DBT adaptation for multidiagnostic eating disorders. It’s designed to support clinicians in closing gaps where traditional treatments fall short.

CONGRATULATIONS to Anita and Lucene on this groundbreaking work !

Learn more and access special offers here:
👉 https://lnkd.in/eDzqjXeX

01/13/2026

There's one more day to register for Portland DBT Institute’s Learn and Earn "From Complexity to Clarity: Why MED-DBT and How to Target Multiple High-Risk Behaviors in Multidiagnostic Eating Disorders." Led by Anita Federici, Ph.D., FAED and Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED, this 60-minute presentation will provide an overview of MED-DBT, including its rationale, structure, and stage-based approach to organizing treatment for high-risk and multi-layered ED presentations.

Wednesday January 14
12:00pm - 1:00pm Pacific Time
3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time

Register Here: https://academy.pdbti.org/product/from-complexity-to-clarity-why-med-dbt-and-how-to or visit https://academy.pdbti.org/

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Clinicians working with clients who have eating disorders alongside suicidality, self-injury, trauma, neurodiversity, or OCD conditions often find themselves unsure how to effectively manage the eating disorder within the broader clinical picture. Traditional eating disorder and DBT models tend to address these problems in isolation, leaving providers without a clear way to prioritize, sequence, or integrate care when multiple high-risk behaviors occur simultaneously. Multidiagnostic Eating Disorder–Dialectical Behavior Therapy (MED-DBT) was developed to address these challenges.

Instructor | Anita Federici, PhD, C.Psych, FAED, is a clinical psychologist and founder of The Centre for Psychology and Emotion Regulation, specializing in eating disorders, personality disorders, and trauma. An international trainer and consultant, she has delivered over 400 presentations on DBT and ED treatment and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

Instructor | Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED, is a clinician, trainer, and researcher specializing in evidence-based treatments for eating and co-occurring disorders. An Adjunct Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, she has delivered over 150 international trainings and published more than 40 papers. She directs The Center for Evidence Based Treatment Ohio and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

01/08/2026

Need CEs but your schedule packed too tight? If you’ve wanted to learn an evidence-based intervention that you can stream on demand, check out CEBT’s online course catalog!

Our catalog includes courses on Multi-diagnostic Eating Disorder trainings, Eating Disorders in Pregnancy through Menopause, Eating Disorders for the Generalist, the Unified Protocol, and MORE!
For inexpensive CE’s earned on a timeline that works for you, scan the QR code or visit https://cebtohio.com/on-demand-ce-offerings/.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our Director of Operations Monika Mendels at mmendels@cebtohio.com with questions or requests for more on demand courses!

01/06/2026

ONE WEEK TO GO!
5-week parenting course cycle for parents of struggling adult children begins January 13th from 12pm - 1pm EST!

This class is designed for parents who have exhausted all options and feel lost on what to do (or what not to do) to parent a struggling adult child. CEBT has developed a foundational 5-week education and support program based in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for parents who often manage high risk behaviors and chronic mental health conditions with their adult children.

This foundational course teaches parents how to make meaningful changes at home and reducing inadvertent accommodation of their adult child’s behaviors through learning:

How biology and environment play a role in stuck patterns with struggling adult children.
How to interact with adult children with less contention and manage the stress that comes with changing expectations.
How to establish or change household expectations within reason for each family member.
How to consistently provide ongoing support and independence in adult children.

Once parents have completed this 5-week course, there are optional ongoing education and support groups that offer both additional skills training and support from other parents.

Interested in learning more about parenting these complex young adults? Scan the attached QR code! You may also read more about the DBT and SPACE course here https://cebtohio.com/skillful-parenting-groups-for-parents-of-vulnerable-children/. You may also email info@cebtohio.com or course leader akalasunas@cebtohio.com for more information.

We look forward to working with you!

01/05/2026

On Wednesday January 14, 2026, join Anita Federici, PhD FAED & Lucene Wisniewski, PhD FAED for a Portland DBT Institute Learn and Earn presentation called "From Complexity to Clarity: Why MED-DBT and How to Target Multiple High-Risk Behaviors in Multidiagnostic Eating Disorders."

Wednesday January 14
12:00pm - 1:00pm Pacific Time
3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time

Register Here: https://academy.pdbti.org/product/from-complexity-to-clarity-why-med-dbt-and-how-to or visit https://academy.pdbti.org/

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Clinicians working with clients who have eating disorders alongside suicidality, self-injury, trauma, neurodiversity, or OCD conditions often find themselves unsure how to effectively manage the eating disorder within the broader clinical picture. Traditional eating disorder and DBT models tend to address these problems in isolation, leaving providers without a clear way to prioritize, sequence, or integrate care when multiple high-risk behaviors occur simultaneously.

Multidiagnostic Eating Disorder–Dialectical Behavior Therapy (MED-DBT) was developed to address these challenges. This 60-minute webinar will provide an overview of MED-DBT, including its rationale, structure, and stage-based approach to organizing treatment for high-risk and multi-layered ED presentations.

Instructor | Anita Federici, PhD, C.Psych, FAED, is a clinical psychologist and founder of The Centre for Psychology and Emotion Regulation, specializing in eating disorders, personality disorders, and trauma. An international trainer and consultant, she has delivered over 400 presentations on DBT and ED treatment and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

Instructor | Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED, is a clinician, trainer, and researcher specializing in evidence-based treatments for eating and co-occurring disorders. An Adjunct Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, she has delivered over 150 international trainings and published more than 40 papers. She directs The Center for Evidence Based Treatment Ohio and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

12/29/2025

Need CE’s before January 2026? CEBT's On demand Continuing Education courses are available NOW!
If you’re up against a deadline and want to learn more about evidence-based treatments, check out our on-demand library. Learn about Multi-diagnostic Eating Disorder DBT, the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Disorders for Adults and Adolescents, Eating Disorder Training for the Generalist, Eating Disorders and Pregnancy and MORE!

Knowing there are many places to earn CEs, we work to offer high-quality and affordable clinical trainings for therapists created and presented by experts in their fields. Our programs are designed to keep you at the forefront of evidence-based practice, ensuring you have the latest tools and knowledge to make a real difference in your clients' lives. Best of all, online learning happens at your pace and on your timeline!

Join us in advancing your skills and enhancing your practice! Use the QR code provided or follow https://cebtohio.com/catalog-of-continuing-education.../

12/24/2025

Wishing everyone a season of Peace. May these days land gently and with promise.

12/23/2025

MED-DBT finally gets its textbook - Congratulations Dr. Anita Federici, Clinical Psychologist and Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, LLC ! Available December 24!!!!

This book took years to write, and a lifetime to learn.

It came from watching too many people fall through the cracks of eating disorder treatment.

From being told some cases were “too complex.”

From sitting with families who were exhausted, scared, and running out of options.

From clients who desperately wanted relief, not labels.

MED-DBT is built on a simple but radical idea:
That behavior makes sense in context and that people don’t fail treatment; treatments fail people.

Our book is out tomorrow (Dec 24th)! 🎉

And we hope it helps clinicians stay curious, grounded, and hopeful in the hardest cases.

12/22/2025

Join Anita Federici, PhD FAED & Lucene Wisniewski, PhD FAED on January 14, 2026 for a Portland DBT Institute Learn and Earn presentation "From Complexity to Clarity: Why MED-DBT and How to Target Multiple High-Risk Behaviors in Multidiagnostic Eating Disorders."

Wednesday January 14
12:00pm - 1:00pm Pacific Time
3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time

Register Here: https://academy.pdbti.org/product/from-complexity-to-clarity-why-med-dbt-and-how-to or visit https://academy.pdbti.org/

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Clinicians working with clients who have eating disorders alongside suicidality, self-injury, trauma, neurodiversity, or OCD conditions often find themselves unsure how to effectively manage the eating disorder within the broader clinical picture. Traditional eating disorder and DBT models tend to address these problems in isolation, leaving providers without a clear way to prioritize, sequence, or integrate care when multiple high-risk behaviors occur simultaneously.

Multidiagnostic Eating Disorder–Dialectical Behavior Therapy (MED-DBT) was developed to address these challenges. This 60-minute webinar will provide an overview of MED-DBT, including its rationale, structure, and stage-based approach to organizing treatment for high-risk and multi-layered ED presentations.

Instructor | Anita Federici, PhD, C.Psych, FAED, is a clinical psychologist and founder of The Centre for Psychology and Emotion Regulation, specializing in eating disorders, personality disorders, and trauma. An international trainer and consultant, she has delivered over 400 presentations on DBT and ED treatment and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

Instructor | Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED, is a clinician, trainer, and researcher specializing in evidence-based treatments for eating and co-occurring disorders. An Adjunct Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University, she has delivered over 150 international trainings and published more than 40 papers. She directs The Center for Evidence Based Treatment Ohio and co-authored Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol.

12/18/2025

Holidays can be fraught with expectations and strong emotions that make it difficult to be one with the moment. We asked Amanda Groves-Kopchak, LPCC-S, what her expertise in grief work would recommend to those struggling during the holiday season.

DBT Skills for Navigating Grief this Holiday Season

Grieving can feel draining! While difficult, attending to your basic needs using the PLEASE skills can help to reduce emotional vulnerability.

Use Dialectical Thinking to reduce the intensity of emotions around your loss.
Examples:
I may never be happy in the way I imagined AND I am still capable of happiness.
I’m devastated by this loss AND I am relieved that my loved one is no longer suffering.
No one may understand my grief AND they may still be able to help me in other ways.

Manage your expectations on how others "should" react or respond to your loss. Communicate to others how to best support you using the DEARMAN skill. Describe your situation factually, Express your opinion, Assert your request, Reinforce the positive , stay Mindful and confident, Appear confident, and be ready to Negotiate as needed.

Use Opposite Action to help regulate your emotions.
Of course, isolating after a loss is justified AND it's not going to be effective to continue to stay isolated long-term. If you find yourself isolating for weeks, months, or even years, your emotional intensity could increase over time.

Check the Facts when emotions around the loss are high.
Our emotions while grieving are often motivated by interpretations and judgements rather than facts.

Distress Tolerance - Use Distraction with ACCEPTS- Emotions last around 90 seconds AND while it feels intolerable, no feeling lasts forever. Distraction can help us tolerate the emotions of grief in the short-term.

Whichever skillful plan you create to manage the season, we wish you Peace and Comfort.

12/16/2025

SAVE THE DATE for the DBT Bulletin Launch Party!

On Friday January 23rd, from noon to 1:15 p.m. EST, the DBT Bulletin will host authors discussing their featured articles from Volume 9, Issue 2. CEBT founder Lucene Wisniewski , Ph.D., FAED, and Anita Federici, Ph.D., FAED will review their article Applying DBT “Outside the Box”: MED-DBT for Multi-Diagnostic Eating Disorders. Look for updates and registration information coming soon!

Download your copy of the DBT Bulletin at www.dbtbulletin.org

Pre-order the DBT textbook “Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol” from Guilford Press at www.guilford.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

12/11/2025

INCREDIBLY EXCITED !!!

Please join Dr. Anita Federici, Clinical Psychologist and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski, coauthors of “Treating Eating Disorders with DBT”, for a Learn & Earn event with the Portland DBT Institute on January 14th! ❄️✍️

This discussion will provide an overview of MED-DBT, including its rationale, structure, and stage-based approach to organizing treatment for high-risk and multi-layered ED presentations. The authors will also outline how MED-DBT supports real-world decision-making for clients who often fall through the cracks of standard systems of care.

🔗 RSVP for free at the link: https://bit.ly/493KGvX ! Registration ends January 13th, 2026.